Sakkarang

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Sakkarang
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Directed by Dharmasena Pathiraja
Produced byCine Sarasavi
Screenplay byChamminda Welagedara
Story byChamminda Welagedera
Based onNovel of Chamminda Welagedara by same name [1]
Starring Bimal Jayakody
Prasidini Athapaththu
Pubudu Chathuranga
Music by Nadeeka Guruge
CinematographyDonald Karunarathne
Edited byElmo Haliday
Release date
22 April 2016
Running time
117 min
Country Sri Lanka
Language Sinhala

Sakkarang is a 2016 Sri Lankan historical film drama directed by Daramasena Pathiraja and produced by H. D. Premasiri for Cine Sarasavi. It stars Bimal Jayakody and Prasidini Athapaththu in lead roles, accompanied by Pubudu Chathuranga and Nita Fernando. Music composed of Nadeeka Guruge. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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The film follows the story of a community of traditional dancers who lived in the hinterland of colonial Ceylon. Their duty is to perform in the annual festival of the Temple of the Tooth Relic. The narrative, which has a romantic and lyrical style, is set between two rebellions against colonial rule. It concerns the story of Sube, the chief dancer (Bimal) and Rathi, his enterprising wife (Prasidini). Their story charts the struggle of this marginal and oppressed caste community for its roots, rights, heritage and place in the world, while the country is going through a tortuous transformation from feudalism to modernity. [6]

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